Yep. This is really a thing. The People Magazine Awards A.K.A. holiday time filler, aired on NBC Thursday night. No, I didn’t watch. But here are the winners of the “awards” in case you are interested.
Jennifer Lopez won “triple threat” and Gwen Stefani “Style Icon.” The winners determined by whoever agreed to show up! Michael Keaton? Movie Performance of the year? RANDOM. ETA: This is why I don’t personally cover movies on the blog. I’m not really paying attention. Keaton has already been nominated for a Golden Globe and Sag Award for his role in Birdman. However, the “winners” of these awards are determined by who is willing to appear at the event. At least at the moment, Keaton isn’t the buzziest of the awards contenders. The rest of these awards “Role Model” and “TV Personality of the Year” are just made up to hand out to a couple of stars they managed to book.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR INAUGURAL “PEOPLE MAGAZINE AWARDS”
NBC’S SPECIAL TWO-HOUR LIVE TELECAST AIRED
THURSDAY, DEC. 18 AT 9 P.M. ET/PT
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Dec. 18, 2014 – Winners have been announced for “The PEOPLE Magazine Awards,” a star-studded event special and snapshot of the year in pop culture. Nick Cannon hosted the two-hour special live from the Beverly Hilton, with performances by 5 Seconds of Summer, Maroon 5 and Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams. Presenters included Jeff Bridges, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Eric Dane, Josh Gad, Josh Groban, Diane Guerrero, Ryan Guzman, Sean Hayes, John Krasinski, Elisabeth Moss, Ryan Phillippe, Nicole Richie, Melissa Rivers and Roselyn Sanchez.
The first ever PEOPLE Magazine Award winners are:
Movie Performance of the Year – Actress
Jennifer Aniston
Breakout Star of the Year
Billy Eichner
Television Performance of the Year – Actor
Jon Hamm
Comedy Star of the Year
Kevin Hart
Role Model
Kate Hudson
On Screen TV Couple of the Year
Mindy Kaling and Chris Messina,
Movie Performance of the Year – Actor
Michael Keaton
Model of the Year
Karlie Kloss
Television Performance of the Year – Actress
Lisa Kudrow
Triple Threat
Jennifer Lopez
Next Generation Star
Chloë Grace Moretz
Hero of the Year Award
Nora Sandigo
Style Icon recipient
Gwen Stefani
PEOPLE’s Sexiest Woman
Kate Upton
“The PEOPLE Magazine Awards” was produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan, Barry Adelman and Mark Shapiro from dick clark productions are Executive Producers, along with Carol Donovan and Michael Dempsey. “The PEOPLE Magazine Awards” are sponsored by L’Oréal Paris and Kohl’s.